The Owl + The Pussycat

I love wedding so much, and they are even more fun when the wedding is in the family!!

My cousin, Caroline a.k.a. “Beaner” is getting married tomorrow. She lives in Tasmania with her husband-to-be, Kris, who is Australian! Many of Kris’s family members are in town and we are having fun getting to know them.

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The wedding is themed after Beaner’s favorite childhood poem, “The Owl and the Pussycat,” which has significance for the couple as well. My grandmother hand-painted their wedding invitations and there are owls and cats scattered throughout the weekend!

Tonight’s party was held at my aunt and uncle’s house in the beautiful setting that is their backyard.

Kris loves craft beer and right when we arrived an array of beers were brought out for tasting, including several of Matt’s home brews he brought from home. So sad I could not partake in this event!

Keeping your hands clean at a crab feast?! We have just lobster up here, but there is never a chance of clean hands when those come out.
That is a very pretty setting for a wedding. Is that the bride pretending to eat the crab leg?

Now this looked like a fun wedding! Seemed like everyone could relax and have a good time with one another. Winston is gorgeous just roaming around like that. I support any wedding that includes pets as guests. You really missed out digging into those crabs…let loose Kath!

Love that picture of you and Larbs! My sister and I do that ALL THE TIME! For three years, we worked at the same school and it was almost a weekly thing. Either the same colors, and sometimes the exact same item. We have completely different body types, so she always looked cuter-she’s long & lean naturally, while I’m shorter & curvier. Our co-workers never ceased to comment. We just apparently gravitated towards similar colors that complimented our looks and similar styles, too!

How exciting! It all looks like a blast. I love the idea of the beer tasting–The Rogue has definitely caught my eye 🙂 You and your sister look adorable (in an adult way of course) in your matching outfits–great minds think alike!

Crabs are such a pain the butt, wouldn’t be worth it if they didn’t taste so good. Crawfish are even worse in that department though. So much work for so little meat. That and they just kinda taste like pure spicy most of the time. Still like them though.

Love the dress! Random question. I am getting my first share from as CSA on Wednesday. I generally go grocery shopping on Saturdays because I work during the week. I’m much more of a rigid meal planner than you, but now I can’t plan my menus past Wednesday since I don’t know for sure what will be in the box! I was wondering if you have some ideas for meals that can easily be made from whatever I get in my share until I get to Saturday. I know frittatas, pasta with veggies, salads are easy to adapt to what you have on hand, but wondering if you have any other ideas for sort of base recipes that I can use for whatever I end up getting.